Category: In the Media
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+972: A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival
9 July 2011 | +972 Magazine Israel responded to the “flytilla” with a wildly disproportionate deployment of police and extraordinary security checks. But Palestinian citizens of Israel are discriminated at the Ben Gurion Airport on an hourly basis – and are now able to racially profile themselves, using a specially provided form to warn the…
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Welcome to Palestine – if you can get in
5 July 2011 | Sam Bahour, The Guardian Palestinians have globally touted an array of rights that Israel systematically denies. There is the right of return, the right of freedom of movement, the right to water, the right to education, the right to enter (not to be confused with refugees’ right to return) and so…
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Leftist Greek MPs accuse government of caving to Israeli pressure to stop Gaza flotilla
3 July 2011 | Ha’aretz, Amira Hass Eight ships in the Gaza-bound flotilla were barred from leaving the Greek ports where they are anchored in the wake of an order issued on Friday by the Greek government. Flotilla participants and members of the leftist opposition in Greece have accused the Socialist government of caving in…
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International solidarity and history in the making
28 June 2011 | Codepink, Medea Benjamin Today we had a great international press conference. There were representatives from Greece, Sweden, France, Norway, Canada, Spain, Turkey and of course, the U.S. The room was packed with press and passengers; there was really a feeling that we are part of something historic. Our US speakers were…
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Gaza flotilla activists: One of our ships was sabotaged
28 June 2011 | Ha’aretz, Amira Hass One of the ships due to participate in the Gaza flotilla was deliberately tampered with while it was docked in Greece’s Piraeus port, Gaza flotilla activists told Haaretz on Monday. The ship, due to carry Greek, Norwegian, and Swedish passengers to Gaza, was found with its propeller shaft…